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|song name                = <div style=float:left:clear:right;margin-top:-.35em;margin-bottom:-.45em;>[[file:BigEyePrpl.png|45px]] Can't Make U Love Me</div>
|song name                = <div style=float:left:clear:right;margin-top:-.35em;margin-bottom:-.45em;>[[file:BigEyePrpl.png|45px]] Can’t Make U Love Me</div>
|single image              = [[File:Emancipation.jpg|100px|border|link=Album: Emancipation]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]'' </small>
|single image              = [[File:Emancipation.jpg|100px|border|link= Album: Emancipation]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]'' </small>
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|performer                = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November, 1996]] - [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 1996]] - [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album
|album(s)              = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]
|album(s)              = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]
|writer(s)                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Reid_(American_football) Mike Reid] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Shamblin Allen Shamblin]
|writer(s)                = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Reid_(American_football) Mike Reid] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Shamblin Allen Shamblin]
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]])
|previous song            = [[I Can't Figure It Out]]
|previous song            = [[I Can’t Figure It Out]]
|next song                = [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love]][[Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love| Just Found Somebody 2 Love]]
|next song                = [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love]][[Eye Just Found Somebody 2 Love| Just Found Somebody 2 Love]]
|introduction              = '''[[File:Eye.png]] Can't Make U Love Me''', a cover version of the song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] (originally titled '''I Can't Make You Love Me''', from her 1991 album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck_of_the_Draw_(album) Luck Of The Draw]''), is the tenth track on the first disc of [[Prince]]'s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. Five months after the album, it was included as the third track on a 12" promo single of [[Single: Face Down|Face Down]], using the track's original title, '''I Can't Make You Love Me'''.
|introduction              = '''[[File:Eye.png]] Can’t Make U Love Me''', a cover version of the song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] (originally titled '''I Can’t Make You Love Me''', from her 1991 album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck_of_the_Draw_(album) Luck Of The Draw]''), is the tenth track on the first disc of [[Prince]]’s 19th album [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]], the third album to be credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]].  
 
Five months after the album, it was included as the third track on a 12" promo single of [[Single: Face Down|Face Down]], using the track’s original title, '''I Can’t Make You Love Me'''. An edit of the track was released as a promo single in the USA, but no commercial release was planned (see [[file:EyeBlue.png|link= Single: Eye Can’t Make U Love Me]][[Single: Eye Can’t Make U Love Me| Can’t Make U Love Me]] promo single for details).
 
Basic tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in late Spring / early Summer 1996 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the track features [[Rhonda Smith]], who joined [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s band in June 1996).  


Initial tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in Summer 1996 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (the track features [[Rhonda Smith]], who joined [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]'s band in June, 1996). An edit of the track was included as the sixth track on a planned maxi-single of [[Single: Face Down|Face Down]], which was ultimately left as a promotional single only.
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{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = Summer 1996
|date                      = Late spring / early summer 1996
|studio                  = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
|studio                  = [[Paisley Park Studios]], <br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
|additional info          = Initial tracking
|additional info          = Tracking
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|recording personnel      =  
|recording personnel      =  
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*[[Rhonda Smith]] - fretless bass guitar
*[[Rhonda Smith]] - fretless bass guitar
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
*[[Eric Leeds]] - saxophone
*Tom Burrell - additional keyboards
*[[Todd Burrell]] - additional keyboards
|released versions        =
|released versions        =
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|1= '''[[File:Eye.png]] Can't Make U Love Me'''
|1= '''[[File:Eye.png]] Can’t Make U Love Me'''
|2= 6:37
|2= 6:37
|3= [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]<br>
|3= [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]]<br>
[[Single: Face Down|Face Down]] promo
[[Single: Face Down|Face Down]] promo
|4= Studio
|4= Studio
|5= a.k.a. '''I Can't Make You Love Me'''
|5= a.k.a. '''I Can’t Make You Love Me'''
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|1= '''[[File:Eye.png]] Can’t Make U Love Me (radio version)'''
|2= 3:54
|3= [[file:EyeBlue.png|link= Single: Eye Can’t Make U Love Me]][[Single: Eye Can’t Make U Love Me| Can’t Make U Love Me]] promo
|4= Studio
|5= a.k.a. '''I Can’t Make You Love Me'''
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|1= '''I Can't Make You Love Me (Edit)'''
|1= '''I Can’t Make You Love Me (Edit)'''
|2= Edit
|2= Studio
|3= Intended for inclusion on the [[Single: Face Down|Face Down]] maxi-single
|3= Intended for inclusion on the [[Single: Face Down|Face Down]] maxi-single
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|see also                  = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album
|see also                  = [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|references                = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|categories                = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Recorded 1996]]
|categories                = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Recorded 1996]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]]
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Latest revision as of 09:57, 10 October 2024

I Can’t Figure It Out   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Just Found Somebody 2 Love
Can’t Make U Love Me

from the album Emancipation
Song details
Performer:
First Released: 19 November 1996 - Emancipation album
Album(s): Emancipation
Writer(s): Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin
Producer(s): Prince (as )
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

Can’t Make U Love Me, a cover version of the song by Bonnie Raitt (originally titled I Can’t Make You Love Me, from her 1991 album Luck Of The Draw), is the tenth track on the first disc of Prince’s 19th album Emancipation, the third album to be credited to .

Five months after the album, it was included as the third track on a 12" promo single of Face Down, using the track’s original title, I Can’t Make You Love Me. An edit of the track was released as a promo single in the USA, but no commercial release was planned (see Can’t Make U Love Me promo single for details).

Basic tracking dates are unknown, but it is likely that the track was recorded in late Spring / early Summer 1996 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (the track features Rhonda Smith, who joined ’s band in June 1996).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Late spring / early summer 1996 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA 		Tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Can’t Make U Love Me 6:37 Emancipation

Face Down promo

Studio a.k.a. I Can’t Make You Love Me
Can’t Make U Love Me (radio version) 3:54 Can’t Make U Love Me promo Studio a.k.a. I Can’t Make You Love Me


Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
I Can’t Make You Love Me (Edit) Studio Intended for inclusion on the Face Down maxi-single
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
I Can’t Figure It Out   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Just Found Somebody 2 Love
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